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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri bill requires age verification on adult websites and prohibits retaining user data
Last action · February 5, 2026: Second Read and Referred S General Laws CommitteeSponsor: Nick Schroer
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What This Bill Would Do
Commercial websites with more than one-third sexual material harmful to minors must use reasonable methods to block users under 18. Entities performing verification are strictly prohibited from retaining user identification data, and violators face civil penalties enforced by the Attorney General.
Adult websites and social media platforms operating in Missouri will face civil penalties up to $250,000 if minors access restricted material without verified ages or if user data is retained.
- State legislatures across the United States have increasingly introduced bills requiring commercial websites hosting adult content to verify the ages of their users. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Commercial entities publishing adult material
Must implement age verification systems, display mandatory notices, and refrain from retaining user identification data.
Minors
Restricted from accessing commercial websites containing sexual material harmful to minors without age verification.
Attorney General
Empowered to investigate violations, bring court actions, and collect civil penalties.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What websites are required to verify user ages under this bill?
Can companies save my identification information after verifying my age?
Who is responsible for enforcing these age verification rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 5, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 5, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 5915S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Sources
www.senate.mo.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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